Commentaries for Matthew Chapter 13 PARABLES OF THE SECRET KINGDOM. 13:1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. 13:53-58 Christ repeats his offer to those who have repulsed them. 3 * And he spoke to them at length in parables, * saying: “A sower went out to sow. The Dragnet Matthew 13:47-50; 22. Sandwiched between the Lectionary excerpts Jesus insists that old garments and old wineskins cannot withstand new cloth and new wineskins. It had been tested: it was unmixed: it was good throughout. 19 The seed … And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore. The parable of the sower is plain. They are told of free salvation, of the believer's privileges, and the happiness of heaven; and, without any change of heart, without any abiding conviction of their own depravity, their need of a Saviour, or the excellence of holiness, they soon profess an unwarranted assurance. The Explanation of the Parable of the Sower. Some sort of ground, though we take ever so much pains with it, brings forth no fruit to purpose, while the good soil brings forth plentifully. This act of judgment is foreshadowed by Rome’s charred-earth policy. All are not alike; we should aim at the highest, to bring forth most fruit. Thus it is in the heart. View the entire commentary, Jesus insists that the glorious anticipated kingdom of God is also present in a hidden way in his ministry and that of his followers... View the entire commentary, Just as Matthew presents the purpose for Jesus' opaque teachings (vv... The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. Preaching to a multitude is sowing the corn; we know not where it will light. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe. The Parable of the Sower. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this. Is Bigger Better? Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The world is a vast sea, and men, in their natural state, are like the fishes. David Guzik commentary on Matthew 14, where Jesus feeds the five thousand, walks on water and continues to perform healings. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. The Lectionary combines the First Gospel’s account of Matthew’s call with the twin restorations of the woman with the flow of blood and the ruler’s daughter. Commentary on Matthew 25:1-13 View Bible Text . Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 13:31-35 The scope of the parable of the seed sown, is to show that the beginnings of the gospel would be small, but its latter end would greatly increase; in this way the work of grace in the heart, the kingdom of God within us, would be carried on. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. May we be found of that happy number. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 . David Harsha Kumar .P on February 28, 2020 at 2:28 am i am blessed with the way you have explained mathew 5:14. new thoughts and new direction to my sharing message on this verse. Verse 1-2 “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Now, disasters are occurring frequently everywhere. Bible Study on Matthew 25, Discerning the Voice of God, Wise Virgins. The sower is our Lord Jesus Christ, by himself, or by his ministers. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth. Matthew 13 is the thirteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible.Verses 3 to 52 of this chapter form the third of the Five Discourses of Matthew, called the Parabolic Discourse, based on the parables of the Kingdom. 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Christ taught in parables. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Matthew: A Commentary: The Churchbook, Matthew 13-28. The apostles, by preaching the gospel, hid a handful of leaven in the great mass of mankind. Matthew 13 presents eight parables and two explanations of his parables. Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. So, he went and sat in a boat that was on the water. He did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. So it is with the hearts of men, whose different characters are here described by four sorts of ground. As Matthew gathered the teachings of Jesus into the long sermon of Matthew 5-7, so too he gathered the parables of Jesus into one context. Chapter 13 In this chapter, we have, I. In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus provides a rationale to help the disciples to understand (and therefore not to be discouraged by) rejection. The Case of the Sneaky Housewife Matthew 13:33; 19. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Hypocrites and true Christians shall be parted: miserable is the condition of those that shall then be cast away. The wicked are termed bastard-wheat - the children of the wicked one, Matthew 13:38, the very seed of the serpent. Commentary for Matthew 13 . Let us keep faithful to him as the Saviour who has made our peace with God. Matthew 13:11, ESV: "And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given." And his sisters, are they not all with us? Commentary, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52, Dale Allison, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008. Luke 22:22; Acts 2:23; 3:18; 4:28; Eph. Posted on December 23, 2011 by Mathew Gilbert. But when some heavy trial threatens them, or some sinful advantage may be had, they give up or disguise their profession, or turn to some easier system. View the entire commentary, True teachers of the kingdom display the kingdom's treasure for all to see... A man may buy gold too dear, but not this Pearl of great price. Christ taught in parables. "Strange Scripture," Alyce McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2011. (Matthew 13:33 RSV) I have entitled this study "The Case of the Sneaky Housewife," not because I am trying for a tricky title but because that was doubtless the reaction of the disciples when they heard this little story. 13:47-50 The parable of the dragnet is unique to Matthew. View the entire commentary, Like Moses, Elijah and Jeremiah, Jesus was rejected among his own people (13:53-58); the prophet John's execution thus prefigures his own (14:1-12)... The parable of the sower. 1. View the entire commentary, The theme of this section is not hard to discern: even more than in previous sections, it alternates between opposition and miracles, thus showing the spiritual blindness of those who oppose Jesus... Setting. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. View the entire commentary, New International Version (NIV), Comentario Biblico Matthew Henry: Obra Completa sin Abreviar (Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, Unabridged), Isaiah: NIV Application Commentary [NIVAC]. Amen.” 6:13. The Parable of the Sower. He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. We will treat this one with … And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. The treasure is a symbol of the members of the church. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? Thereby the things of God were made more plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time more difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. Matthew 13:24-43: A Preterist Commentary: Summary and Highlights. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. What mystery? Matthew 13:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Matthew 13:11, NIV: "He replied, 'Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them." The Devil tests Jesus 4:1-11. v1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. Matthew 13:12 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Matthew 13:12, NIV: "Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance.Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them." Is not this the carpenter's son? you are … He got into a boat and sat: Jesus sometimes used a boat as His “pulpit” (Mark 4:1). A natural reason for leaven's negative symbolism is the idea that fermentation implies a process of corruption. The field is the world (verse 38). 2 A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. View the entire commentary, Jesus reveals special truth to his disciples through parables... 13. The leaven works certainly, so does the word, yet gradually. Watch Queue Queue. They shall shine by reflection, with light borrowed from the Fountain of light. Short Commentary – Matthew 7:13-27. Matthew 6:9-13. Thoughts on the Gospel – You are the Messiah the Son of the living God – Matthew 16 13 20 Commentary. Matthew 13 is the thirteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. They say unto him, Yea, Lord. The devil tested Jesus … 13:10-17). Matthew is presenting Jesus as the King and part of Jesus’ mission was to proclaim the arrival or imminence of the kingdom. No doubt he did; whatever is amiss in the church, we are sure it is not from Christ. In these chapters, Matthew assembles a collection of miracle stories designed to demonstrate that Jesus is, indeed, the Messiah, and that he works by God’s power. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. In Matthew 13:24-43, Jesus tells a parable in which the events surrounding the time of the end are symbolized as a wheat harvest. 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house () and sat beside the sea. 13. Immediately prior to the call of Matthew, Jesus healed a paralytic (9:1-8). View the entire commentary, True, the kingdom is available to us only by grace through faith; but genuine faith means genuinely embracing and yielding to God's reign, not simply acknowledging it and then passing it by as if it did not exist... The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30, Romans 8:26-27, John 15:15-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Romans 12:17-21 (view more) (view less) Denomination: Other El Sembrador, La Semilla Y La Tierra What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. Worldly cares are fitly compared to thorns, for they came in with sin, and are a fruit of the curse; they are good in their place to stop a gap, but a man must be well armed that has much to do with them; they are entangling, vexing, scratching, and their end is to be burned, Heb 6:8. I LIKE THE WAY MATTHEW 5:13 WAS BROKEN DOWN FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IT MORE CLEARLY, THANK YOU ALL. MATTHEW 12-13. AMEN. The burning of the weeds represents the casting of the wicked into the fires of hell. Of the seven parables in Matthew 13, the sower/soils and the mustard seed are both in Mark and Luke while the parable about leaven is repeated in Luke only. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 13:1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. 3. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Matthew 13:3 "And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth … (1-23) The parable of the tares. Matthew 13:12, ESV: "For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Matthew 13:25. Bible > Bible Commentary; Wesley’s Explanatory Notes; Matthew; Matthew 13; John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes << Matthew 12 | Matthew 13 | Matthew 14 >> (Read all of Matthew 13) Verse 2 [2] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Matthew 13 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. ii. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Hypocrites, like the stony ground, often get the start of true Christians in the shows of profession. It gave Him a place to speak, away from the press of the crowds, provided good acoustics, and probably a nice backdrop.i. Matthew 13:31-32; 18. 13:11 "the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven" Jesus uses this term for the New Age (cf. In the Old Testament, God calls Israel His "special treasure" (Exodus 19:5; Psalm 135:4) and "My jewels" (Malachi 3:16-17, margin: "special treasure").In the New Testament, the apostle Peter states that the elect are God's "own special people" (I Peter 2:9-10). Though gross transgressors, and such as openly oppose the gospel, ought to be separated from the society of the faithful, yet no human skill can make an exact separation. In Matt 12:24 the religious leaders accuse Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Satan. Verse 1-2 “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. In these chapters, Matthew assembles a collection of miracle stories designed to demonstrate that Jesus is, indeed, the Messiah, and that he works by God’s power. 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